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School wanting to put Bipolar son in "adaptive behavior class" please help!
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<blockquote data-quote="beandawgs" data-source="post: 416304" data-attributes="member: 11487"><p>Patricia -</p><p> </p><p>One thing I know about bipolar is that these kids may look 'spoiled' to outsiders. Its part of the disease. I learned so much from reading "The Bipolar Child", and learned that many parents of bipolar kids have been told their child is spoiled, bratty, etc.</p><p> </p><p>I'm a social worker myself, I've worked in the psychiatric and medical arenas. I've worked alot with medically fragile children and their parents, along adults who were medically fragile as kids, specifically on an adult cystic fibrosis unit. I would say that the majority have some emotional and social issues due to their growing up as a sick child. One problem we always have is that these "adults" come from Texas Children's where they were indulged to our adult hospital and have a difficult time making the transition. They still have their parents making all the decisions for them and expect to be treated as 'special'. </p><p></p><p>Mark has had some of that from his days at MD Anderson, but I think with him the trauma of the IVs and hospitlizations probably influenced the onset of his bipolar disorder. I've read that about bipolar - that when a person has the genetic tendency a major trauma can start it off. His illness started at 16 months, right at the prime of his emotional developmental period. A psychologist once told me that the age of 18 months -2 years is THE most important for psychological development.</p><p> </p><p>Another thing that the doctors I work with have told me is that Mark could have had bleeds in his brain because of the extended amount of time he was with low platlets, but that it may not show up on a MRI. One doctor I've worked with in the ER told me he was almost certain Mark has had brain bleeds. Right now I just don't want to traumatize him more with a MRI - he had one done at two but I'm afraid he would be very scared and hard to get him to lay still long enough for the MRI.</p><p> </p><p>Again thanks so much for everybody's input it really helps to hear from others.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="beandawgs, post: 416304, member: 11487"] Patricia - One thing I know about bipolar is that these kids may look 'spoiled' to outsiders. Its part of the disease. I learned so much from reading "The Bipolar Child", and learned that many parents of bipolar kids have been told their child is spoiled, bratty, etc. I'm a social worker myself, I've worked in the psychiatric and medical arenas. I've worked alot with medically fragile children and their parents, along adults who were medically fragile as kids, specifically on an adult cystic fibrosis unit. I would say that the majority have some emotional and social issues due to their growing up as a sick child. One problem we always have is that these "adults" come from Texas Children's where they were indulged to our adult hospital and have a difficult time making the transition. They still have their parents making all the decisions for them and expect to be treated as 'special'. Mark has had some of that from his days at MD Anderson, but I think with him the trauma of the IVs and hospitlizations probably influenced the onset of his bipolar disorder. I've read that about bipolar - that when a person has the genetic tendency a major trauma can start it off. His illness started at 16 months, right at the prime of his emotional developmental period. A psychologist once told me that the age of 18 months -2 years is THE most important for psychological development. Another thing that the doctors I work with have told me is that Mark could have had bleeds in his brain because of the extended amount of time he was with low platlets, but that it may not show up on a MRI. One doctor I've worked with in the ER told me he was almost certain Mark has had brain bleeds. Right now I just don't want to traumatize him more with a MRI - he had one done at two but I'm afraid he would be very scared and hard to get him to lay still long enough for the MRI. Again thanks so much for everybody's input it really helps to hear from others. [/QUOTE]
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